HOW TO Generate a YAHOO APP PASSWORD - standard instructions NOT WORKING!!

LMAO. Sorry. This problem has been going on for months. Not paying them to fix what they probably already know is the cause.

After a couple of weeks I found the answer, after my desktop Outlook was not syncing with only one of my yahoo emails anymore. Strangely, the other yahoo accounts were still syncing.

The answers here from HM and CB are indeed correct.

Here are the full instructions for it. I hope this will stop people from spending many hours trying to fix this issue, like I did.

Please tick, should it have been helpful, as that will possibly take it to the top of the thread, and hopefully stop people from spending hours of searching and trying, like I did.

OUTLOOK DESKTOP NOT SYNCING (ANYMORE) FROM CERTAIN YAHOO EMAIL ACCOUNTS

Generate Yahoo App Password for Outlook

Go to:

Yahoo mail

On right top “your own name”

Click Just underneath: “account info”

“account security”

“other ways to sign in”

“generate and manage app passwords”

Generate new app password.

Type app: “Outlook”.

It now generates a new app password. (you should copy this and paste it in Outlook, for instructions, see further below)

If it doesn’t do this, like it didn’t for me.

1. It could be that you first have to delete the previous app password. (this for me still didn’t make a difference)
2. If it still does not generate a new app password, do it in a different browser. (You may have to clear the history first, and you may then have to restart the computer, which I did, but it may not be nescesary..!”)

So: If using Chrome, use Edge (or similar) (and visa versa), then do the above to generate the app password.

This should work!

How to import the Yahoo Generated App Password into Outlook:

Importing the app password into Outlook:

Outlook:

(Go into the settings of the email which is not syncing anymore.)

“File”

Account information: top of the page, click the account with the syncing issues.

“account settings”

“server Settings”

“Incoming mail:” “paste the App Generator Password from yahoo” under user name.

Tick: “remember password”

Click: “outgoing emails”

Tick: My outgoing (SMTP) server requires authentication

Tick: Use same settings as my incoming email server

“next”.

This should update the password, and start the email account syncing properly immediately.

Not sure exactly what you mean by "native"...I'm looking at instructions direct from Yahoo site which is now part of ATT...which is where my original bellsouth.net email addr landed after att acquired Bellsouth , etc. etc.

I'm trying to figure out how to restore my bellsouth.net email to my Outlook which is my ORIGINAL problem. Not sure HOW I lost it as I have had no problem for the last several years with emails being forwarded from Yahoo to Outlook which is my primary email server.

Is this a native Yahoo account or one from an ISP using Yahoo for its mail services?

If it's a native Yahoo account - then the Yahoo article has the steps that have been successfully used by a number of people I have replied to.

If it's an ISP account - have you checked with your provider as to what the exact steps are?

I'm at a disadvantage since I don't know what you are referring to in regards to

#1 - my Outlook instructions say...go to Yahoo - Account Info and click on Generate App Password - what "Outlook" instructions are you referring to?

#2 - I finally did find something under my Microsoft account that is close...looks like "Smart Key" has potential - off the cuff am not sure what exactly you are referring to but seriously doubt this has anything to do with a Yahoo account.

Hello ezpar44

Hi, I'm Karl and will be happy to help you today.

Are you referring to a Yahoo account you created on Yahoo servers or an email account where the ISP is using Yahoo for their email service.

Each ISP may have their own instructions on how to generate the <App Password> so if this is the case, you will need to contact your ISP for the applicable instructions.

For example, my ISP (rogers.com) uses Yahoo servers and the steps to generate the <App Password> are

#1 - Log into the email account

#2 - Click on <Account Information>

#3 - click on <Authorized Applications> --> generate the <App Password>

which differs from the general Yahoo instructions when this doesn't involve an ISP

Generate and manage third-party app passwords

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/generate-third-party-...